A week of rain!

[jeffex11]

No chance to stain with all this rain. I washed a deck thursday and am in a holding patern trying to get it stained. Now this hangs over my head trying to book new work and start other scheduled jobs. As an added bonus I have a lawn business that works well with this business but it is a mess with all this rain. I guess thats why GOD made beer! I've learned over many ears of this that you just do what you can and keep your customers up to date with a call. I feel like a city farmer waiting for the rain to stop so I can harvest my "crop". I'm glad for the rain but a few pokes of sun would help too.

[RPetry]

Jeff,

This has been one of the toughest early seasons, weatherwise, that I can remember for exterior wood here in the Northeast. Very wet and cold through most of April then wham, 90 F. on the 23rd and close to that for the next 3 days. It was like we had no spring.

One night in either the 2nd or 3rd week of April, had to bring the PW's and some pumps inside the house one night as it got down to 25 F. and was not going to re-winterize just for one night.

Prepped a couple of small jobs over the weekend and have a large, tough strip scheduled for today. With heavy rain forecast, I'll push it back until tomorrow. Its a good time to catch up on estimates and paperwork.

[James]

Guy's, this isn't anything compared to last year for me. Try 3 straight months of rain then start to complain. This is why I hate wood care and I hate the 4 new decks I picked up over the weekend and the 3 I have waiting to be sealed. LOL. Yesterday, the weather MAN said; the rain was only going to graze the coast of CT. So I went to an area an hour North and it poured most of the day .

[Beth n Rod]

Jim don't jinx it!!!!!!
This is the pits. ARGH!!!!!!
Beth

[Alexy]

So I guess KEC work does have an upside....

[PressurePros]

I have 60 decks (18 new, the rest maintenance) to try and get done for May. I can't believe I am sitting here on the computer. Someone please make it stop.

[Beth n Rod]

I have 60 decks (18 new, the rest maintenance) to try and get done for May. I can't believe I am sitting here on the computer. Someone please make it stop.

We are all in that same boat....bleeding sealer - and money!
Effing rain!!!!!!!! Just please stop!!!!!!!!

Beth

[jnoden]

Im feeling the paint too. I was a little behind before this week started and I think I slighlty over booked for the next couple weeks. Definately forsee weekend work. I need to find some better rain gear for my guy since he is apparently too good for the Captain Gordons yellow rain gear. Plus pants keep ripping. Any suggestions?

[jeffex11]

can I put on a neoprene suit, mask and snorkle and charge more for "underwater " work?

[Richard]

Row, Row, Row your Boat
Gently to the bank.

If only that would work.

[RPetry]

can I put on a neoprene suit, mask and snorkle and charge more for "underwater " work?

Jeff,

Don't laugh. About 4 yrs. ago did a job where some of the balustade was about 10" from the side of a pool. Water was about 65 F.

Though you cannot see it, wore the bottoms of a 3/8" wetsuit and booties. Would have used the drysuit but did not want to get any stain on an expensive DUI.

[jeffex11]

here is my plan to finish a deck I washed last thursday. the floor and top of railings are timber tech. I will stain the pressure treated railings and frame on thursday morning and put plastic over the railings to be removed in 24 hours. thunderstorms are forcast for thurs evening and this may get this job finished as the floor is not stained. I had to postpone this weeks deck job and they understood because its raining everywhere

[jeffex11]

still raining!

[jeffex11]

Finally got that deck stained. this was my first trex floor and top rail with pressure treated frame and railings. I WAAAY underestimated the time it takes to mask it off for spraying. It took an aditional 3 man hours than I had priced. Oh well live and learn.

[PressurePros]

Two tone decks, or in this case a floor that had to be masked off are always a 50% upcharge for me. Its very tedious and time consuming making sure you do not get stain where it isn't supposed to go.